Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia - Argyrolagidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Parent taxon: Argyrolagidae according to M. J. Babot and D. A. García-López 2016
See also Abello and Candela 2020, Ameghino 1904, García-López and Babot 2015, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Anargyrolagus, Argyrolagus, Hondalagus, Klohnia, Proargyrolagus
Subtaxa: Microtragulus argentinus Microtragulus bolivianus Microtragulus catamarcensis Microtragulus reigi
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Argentina (6), Bolivia (3)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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